AAI holds its regular General Membership Meetings on the third Friday of the month from September through May in the Roy Smith Theater or Main Lecture Hall on the Union County Community College campus. On all other Friday evenings, AAI presents informal presentations which are held in the Sperry Observatory classroom at 8:30 p.m. These are free and open to the public. On these Fridays, the observatory is open from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

The first Friday of each month is normally reserved for Kathy Vaccari's "What's Up: A Down to Earth Sky Guide." At Kathy's lecture, you'll learn about the constellations, planets, meteor showers, lunar phases, and other celestial happenings for that month.

The last Friday of the month is normally reserved for a special doubleheader - Karl Hunting offers a roundup of what's happening in NASA as well as foreign space programs, followed by "Ask Dr. Lew," where visitors can ask any space or astronomy related question to Dr. Lew Thomas.

The speakers and topics for the other Fridays vary, but we always have a timely update of the major space news, particularly news about the NASA missions your tax dollars help fund.

A note to AAI Members: We wish to encourage all AAI members to get involved and present astronomy topics on Friday evenings to the public. If interested, please contact Ray Shapp